Zanchius breviceps (Wagner, 1951)

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2009, Studies on the Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, and Miridae excluding Phylini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces of Iran, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1), pp. 1-32 : 27

Zanchius breviceps (Wagner, 1951)

Material examined. KHUZESTAN: Andimeshk – Tangvan , 1 specimen, 9.–10.vi.2006 ; Zeydoon, 1 specimen, 26.–28.iv.2007. FARS: near Fasa , 2 specimens, 17.–19.vi.2008 ; Firuzabad , 2 specimens, 15.–16.vi.2008 ; Khaneh Kat , 1 specimen, 16.–17.vi.2006 ; Maharlu , 13 specimens, 15.–16.vi.2006, 16.–17.vi.2008 .

Comments. At light in gardens near salt marshes of a lake and on shores of brooks with rich vegetation of Juncus , Phragmites and Tamarix . Known on Calotropis procera , also on Malvaceae such as Abutilon and Gossypium . Eremian, extending from Egypt to Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran (Hormozgan province) and the adjacent Sudanese subregion (from Nigeria to Erithrea).